sick of getting dust
sick of getting dust
So what do you guys prefer? I tried Carquest pads on my Sivlerado. Worked well, I dont want ceramic pads and I want to eliminate brake dust. Thanks.
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My experience with Carquest blue was very different than others here. I put them on and the brake dust was as bad as (if not worse) than OEM pads. It was also darker than original. I took them off in less than 2k miles, and put ceramics on from Auto Zone.
It's now much better than OEM or Carquest Blue. People look at me strange when I say I'm on my 3d set of brakes in 15k miles.
It's now much better than OEM or Carquest Blue. People look at me strange when I say I'm on my 3d set of brakes in 15k miles.
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Ceramic is better than metal...in certain cases. I would like to hear how it is better when concerning brakes.
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Dust is mostly dependent on how good the brakes are at stopping. The better the stopping power, the more dust your going to notice.
A common way to point that theory out is to look at most BMWs/Mercedes/ect. on the road. For those owners of those cars that don't keep them clean, your going to notice a lot of brake dust on the front rims. BMWs have awesome stopping power on the OEM pads, but also produce a ton of dust... see the connection?
Edit: Forgot to add. I used the duralast brake pads from Autozone I believe. They work alright. Stopping power is about the same or a little less as factory pads, but much less dust.
A common way to point that theory out is to look at most BMWs/Mercedes/ect. on the road. For those owners of those cars that don't keep them clean, your going to notice a lot of brake dust on the front rims. BMWs have awesome stopping power on the OEM pads, but also produce a ton of dust... see the connection?
Edit: Forgot to add. I used the duralast brake pads from Autozone I believe. They work alright. Stopping power is about the same or a little less as factory pads, but much less dust.
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Ceramic is better if you heat your brakes a lot, for instance in raciing or towing. However, it is my opinion that you pay for that with rotors. I think they are harder on rotors. I prefer a high quality semi-metallic. I have 61,000 miles on my Wagner ThermoQuiets and they are not half way worn and very very little dust. I put them on at 11,000 just to get rid of the dust.
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Alright. My truck is brake dusting excessivly anymore, 3 days after my wash and its covered. Kind of disappoints me, I brake easily too. Never stomp them or brake hard.